What

 The wider economic impacts of high-speed rail in Europe

  Who

  Prof. Roger Vickerman, the University of Ken, Brussels

　Roger Vickerman is Professor of European Economics and Dean of the University of Kent, Brussels. He is also Director of the Centre for European, Regional and Transport Economics at the University of Kent. Professor Vickerman’s research focuses on the relationship between transport (especially infrastructure), regional development and integration in theEU.He is particularly known for his studies on major infrastructure projects, particularly the EU’s Trans-European Networks. He is currently working on questions relating to public-private partnerships, regulation in transport and the ex-post analysis of ERDF and Cohesion Fund expenditure on transport.

  When

  9:30 am Nov.20 , 2012

  Where

  Room 2321, IGSNRR

  From

  Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling of CAS